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CONNECTING CULTURES
A fill of eastern promise
When it comes to food, there's no stopping us in terms of what has originated in China, India and Japan. But what of the other cultural aspects of these exotic eastern nations, especially the music? Broadening our cultural horizons instead of our waistbands, Connecting Cultures is a series of eight late night concerts introducing traditional music from China, Korea. India and Japan. Juxtaposed with it is music written by present day composers from each of these countries who are working within the western classical music idiom.
‘The idea behind the series goes back to when I went to an opera by Guo Wenjing at London‘s Almeida Theatre,‘ says Festival director Brian McMaster. ‘I thought it was just fantastic. A revelation to me.‘ Then he found that the Nieuw Ensemble in Amsterdam had performed a substantial amount of Chinese music. There was Japanese opera that he chanced upon in Paris and great things were going on with Korean music too. At the same time British/Indian composers were coming to the fore. ‘The idea then became, quite simply, that I would put on one concert of traditional music for each of the four countries, then a concert by their contemporary composers the next evening,‘ he says.
In the case of China. the tradition of the seven stringed Qin (pronounced ‘chin') goes back over 2000 years. ‘lt’s the sounds of nature and although it usually occupies a very intimate sound world, Li Xiangting is used to performing to larger numbers.’ The Indian santoor has no fewer than 100 strings and, unsurprisingly, produces a very complex web of sound. As far as the newer music goes. McMaster is convinced that the work being presented is by composers who, although not all well known as yet. are major figures, writing some of the most significant and exciting contemporary music of today. (Carol Main I l,’:;"e>' Hg: .1 ': .’ " '1- : '1’ ' "
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